U.S. regulators invoked broad powers to ensure that Web traffic for all users is treated equally, adopting net neutrality rules that supporters say will preserve a wide-open Internet and that opponents vow to fight in court.
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Giselle Mahoney, manager of communications and media relations at Tech Collective, talked recently with Providence Business News about the technology industry association, its various initiatives and how a $7.5 million Ready to Work grant to help unemployed Rhode Islanders recently was awarded to Workforce Solutions of Providence/Cranston and the Workforce Partnership of Greater Rhode Island. Tech Collective will work with the agencies to deliver programs and services to develop Rhode Island’s information technology workforce pipeline.
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The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division’s “hackathon” resulted in 47 ideas that directly addressed undersea technology challenges, and the winner went to a proposal to enhance submarine stealth dubbed “TORCH.”
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Four of Secure Future Tech Solutions’ business clients were attacked within a month this fall by CryptoWall – malware that appropriates computer data and tries to extort a ransom for it, said company President Eric M. Shorr.
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Since the R.I. State Police received $45 million in a multistate settlement with Internet search giant Google in the spring of 2012, the department has gotten no shortage of suggestions on how it should spend the money, according to Lt. Col. Karen Pinch.
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